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Wooden handle with metal blade held in place by metal ferrule at base. Chisel for removing wood between the lines of the design in a woodblock. One of a group of woodblock-cutter's tools used in Graphic Arts exhibit of Japanese printmaking techniques from about 1890 to 1990s. Identified as No. 14 in watercolor drawing GA 03209.02 showing the tools of the block cutter.

Location

Currently not on view

Measurements

overall: 24 cm x 1.6 cm; 9 7/16 in x 5/8 in

ID Number

GA.03210.14

accession number

22582

catalog number

03210.14

Credit Line

Gift of T. Tokuno, Chief of the Japanese Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Insatsukyoku), 1889-90